Penalties - 35 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 7707

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     § 7707.  Penalties.
        (a)  General rule.--Any person violating any of the plans and
     programs adopted and promulgated by the Pennsylvania Emergency
     Management Council shall, upon conviction thereof in a summary
     proceeding, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $200 or
     imprisonment not exceeding 30 days or both, for the first
     offense, and a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not
     exceeding 90 days or both, for each subsequent offense.
        (b)  Loss of funds.--Those political subdivisions in
     violation of section 7501 (relating to general authority of
     political subdivisions), section 7502 (relating to local
     coordinator of emergency management), section 7503 (relating to
     powers and duties of political subdivisions) or section 7504
     (relating to coordination, assistance and mutual aid) shall, at
     the direction of the council, be subject to loss of Federal
     personnel and administrative funding for the remainder of the
     fiscal year in which conviction is established. Reinstatement of
     Federal personnel and administrative funding shall take place
     the year following approval of remedial action to the violation.

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